Picture the "Compounded Interest"

Picture the concentric circles of your full fan Pedigree. It begins with 1 center circle, this is the place for YOU. The next ring in the circle is the second generation and has 2 spots, one for your mom and one for your dad. Each generation back doubles. The 3rd has four grandparents, 4th has 8 great grandparents. Doubling with each generation back this gives you 1,048,576 grandparents at 22nd generation.























Generation # = # of People
1st=YOU
2nd=2 parents
3rd=4 grandparents
4th=8 great grandparents
5th=16 2nd great grand
6th=32 3rd great grand...
7th=64
8th=128
9th=256
10th=512
11th=1,024
12th=2,048
13th=4,096
14th=8,192
15th=16,384
16th=32,768
17th=65,536
18th=131,072
20th=262,144
21st=524,288
22nd=1,048,576
23rd=2,097,152
24th=4,194,304

Seven Generation Full Fan Pedigree Chart
For Martin Luther ENSIGN.
My children will find Martin Luther ENSIGN is one
of their 32 third great grandparents, of their 6th generation.
The 64 grandparents named and unnamed on Martin's chart are
a fraction of the 2,048 ninth great grandparents of my children.
Ninth great grandparents are 12 generation back.